iPhone v1.1.3 causing major issues with SMS message order?
by Ryan Block 
posted Jan 16th 2008 at 5:24PM
Apparently, a lot of iPhone users are experiencing issues related to out of order SMS conversations. [Thanks Mark and Sean]
What's the deal, have you seen this? Shout it out in comments.
A lot of people were pretty damned stoked about the SMS improvements Apple unleashed upon iPhone owners yesterday with firmware v1.1.3, but it's not all turning up roses.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nate Thee @ Jan 24th 2008 11:51AM
I have had nothing but trouble with SMS since the update to 1.1.3. Nothing is in the correct chronological order.
hagge10 @ Jan 29th 2008 5:06PM
connect with ssh then issue command
chmod 777 /var/db/timezone
restart iphone
hopefully "timezone freeze" lets go
chrisg13 @ Feb 29th 2008 11:08AM
Hagge10 what are you talking about? have you fixed the sms wrong order? I have that problem also, and it is SO annoying.
Justin @ Jan 16th 2008 5:38PM
it is happening for me...
DaTechnologyKing @ Jan 16th 2008 6:05PM
Mine are working fine. Although I did have a problem with the update the first time around.
SaNcTuS @ Jan 16th 2008 6:13PM
so far so good on my end. Update has been good for me so far... :D
Dean @ Jan 16th 2008 6:16PM
No problems here =)
Stephen @ Jan 16th 2008 6:20PM
I have had a few SMS conversions with 1.1.3 so far and I have had no problem.
Matt @ Jan 16th 2008 6:41PM
all good with 1.1.3 here, it's a very nice little upgrade.
Taylor @ Jan 16th 2008 7:36PM
No problems here! Of course, i don't HAVE and iPhone...
-Taylor
Taylor @ Jan 16th 2008 7:36PM
Gah, damn, i meant "an". Grr.
-Taylor
JUAN @ Jan 16th 2008 7:45PM
yeah wth i mean they fix some thing and mess others up come on apple dont make me lose hope in yall so fast
the iphone i syour test to me and i do like it dont be like microsoft
Bradleybang @ Jan 16th 2008 8:23PM
OTA Exchange support would make SMS irrelevant
The corporate types will buy more iphones in a month than they have
sold to date.
Numetheus @ Jan 17th 2008 2:20PM
No they wouldn't. Even if they did have Exchange OTA, there would be more people buying BlackBerry devices because A) they have a keyboard, B) its easy to copy and paste data from one email to another on a BB, and C) BB push email is already a baseline for corporate mobile email. Giving iPhone Exchange OTA will sell a few more to some companies, but BlackBerry and WM with their push technology pretty much has iPhone beat in a number of categories.
Brian @ Jan 16th 2008 9:57PM
I've had the problem ever since I upgraded. I pay $40 a month to get unlimited text, and I make good use of it. Ever since I upgraded to 1.1.3, I've had problems with the text order. I was just confused at first, then I thought they were putting the more recent ones on top to make it closer to the "call" and "contact info" buttons, the I realized it wasn't. It like...scrambles the messages randomly. They're not even in the same order that they were the time I read them last... I don't get it. Why are only some of us seeing the problem? Seriously, I'm paying more money than most iPhone users, and I get slapped for making use of it?? No thanks. And I can't go back to 1.1.2, so I'm stuck until Apple fixes it. I'm flat out ticked. And from what I've read, those of us experiencing the problems are in the minority. If that's the case, Apple might not understand soon enough to satisfy customers. This is really the only true and obvious bug I've ever seen in the iPhone since I picked it up last September.... I'm disappointed....
Jay @ Jan 16th 2008 10:13PM
I am having this problem too. I noticed it happen a couple times today.
Nick @ Jan 17th 2008 12:22AM
a lot of apple fanboys rack microsoft for releasing things with bugs left in them... ahem.
chris gill @ Jan 17th 2008 4:54AM
Don't know about SMS, but my e-mail stopped working after I upgraded...that pretty much sucks.
Kweenie @ Jan 17th 2008 9:53AM
No SMS issues (though I haven't sent many), but I do seem to have a problem with internet -- it just doesn't want to connect sometimes. Unless I restart...
Chuck @ Jan 17th 2008 1:55PM
Brian you can go back to 1.1.2, all you need is a copy of the 1.1.2 ipsw (iphone software) on your machine. It may still be in your itunes folder, if not a trip thru the Google should get you a download either from Apple or from a site like version tracker. Once you have the ipsw, dock your iphone and hold the shift (MS) or option (OSX) key then click restore on the iphone screen of itunes. This will let you select what file to restore from. At this point select the desired ipsw, in your case 1.1.2 and go thru the restore process. Your backup is contained in a different file so the only change should be the SW level. I know this is a proven method for going from 1.1.2 to 1.1.1 so unless Apple killed this functionality in the new itunes release you should be good to go.
Chris Gill, I had to get on Gmail and update my IMAP settings before my email worked again. The error it gave me before I changed the online setting was something about cannot connect to server. If you are using yahoo or other IMAP mail you might need to delete the current account on your iphone and set it up once again.
Cheers
Chuck
Kweenie @ Jan 17th 2008 2:11PM
....you probably should've replied to them instead of me. And here I was thinking you could make my iPhone's internet behave.
Day @ Jan 22nd 2008 10:48AM
I have noticed that it does that. I just thought that is was acting up but now I know that I'm not alone.
cc @ Jan 18th 2008 2:30PM
I have the same problem. It is so annoying. Apple better fix this problem soon or else I am going to be so pissed. Text conversations make no sense when you go back and look at them. I read elsewhere it is a timeing issue. THat the new software is using the clock from the device that sent the text which is a bit off from the clock on the phone to deicde the order of the text.
Either way it worked before and it needs to work now. I am pissed
pixel41 @ Jan 21st 2008 1:16AM
No problems here. Apple made a great software update in my eyes. Sorry to hear about the other guys.
Thanks Apple!